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Are you getting more accomplished when you multi-task? One might thinks so at first, but with more consideration it has been found that it isn’t true, especially when dealing with electronic media.

Those who constantly deal with multiple simultaneous inputs do not pay attention as well, their memory is not as sharp, and their ability to switch from one task to another quickly is not as accomplished as those who prefer to ‘single task’.

High tech multi-taskers are commonplace these days, with email, text messaging, cell phone, and the internet on those cell phones. One wonders how they keep all that bouncing around in their head in some kind of order. But if you are constantly trying to take in everything that’s coming at you, how do you organized it and make it useful?

For example, you’re writing an email, the phone rings, you talk to that person for a few minutes, they send you an email to check out, or refer you to a web page, you go check it out, that reminds you to call somebody else, you get a text message from your child about picking them up at school at a different time, you check your calendar, oops you’ll have to rearrange something else, you make that call. All of this whilst working on one email. Email, what email?! Oh, that email. Now what were you saying?

Unfortunately this may have become the norm for many of us. To much to do. To little time to do it in. So we try to jam it all into the same time frame. Like trying to stuff a ten pound turkey into a 5 pound bag.

Social scientist have long thought that the brain can only process one string of relevant data at a time. And now they are finding out that its true. They are finding out that those we consider multi-taskers are paying a significant price for trying to do so much at the same time.

It has been found that multi-taskers have a hard time determining what is relevant and what isn’t. They are less able to block out inputs that are really irrelevant. And this leads to a higher susceptibility to distractions. And distractions are never a good thing.

It has also been found that multi-taskers don’t have a better memory than those to don’t multi-task. With so many things going on at the same time, its hard for one’s brain to sort, organize, and store bits of data. Thereby making it more difficult to recall the data.

Researchers have also discovered that multi-taskers really don’t do well at switching back and forth from one task or process to another. They tend to have difficulty in leaving the previous task behind and committing their full concentration on the new task or process.

“But computers multi-task, and our brains are more adept than computers.” That’s not completely true that a computer multi-tasks. In a single processor computer, it does one thing at a time, then switches to another, then to another, then back to a prior process, then to a new process, ad infinitum.

The computer switches back and forth at incredible speeds, it only appears to be working on multiple items at the same time. And when leaving one process to work on another, it stores the first process in a orderly fashion, at a precise location, and then remembers where it is stored for recall later. Something we have a hard time doing.

In summary the research seems to be pointing to a failure to filter. The multi-taskers are trying to take in so many streams of input, that the irrelevant, unimportant, and distracting bits are not being filtered out. And that failure to filter out the unnecessary inputs is slowing them down.

So how can we make use of this information and apply it to our own lives. Obviously one way is to limit our input streams. Simplify the space around us. Become more aware of what is coming at us, and what we really need to pay attention to.

Another way to make use of this information is to apply it to what we concentrate on. Just as to many inputs can disrupt what we get accomplished, so can concentrating on to many tasks or processes at the same time diminish our accomplishments.

Here’s a mental test for you. Take two books on different topics and read the introductions — but alternate paragraphs from the two books. One paragraph from the first book, then a paragraph from the second, then back to the next paragraph from the first book again. Keep flipping back and forth paragraph by paragraph.

Do I even have to ask about how much you would retain from that reading? Or how about efficiency, regardless of what you retained, it would probably take you longer to read the two passages that way than if you read one in its entirety, and then the other.

Would you be able to make use of anything that you read that way? I know I wouldn’t be able to. Plus, it would probably leave me with a headache.

Now, trying to read two books that way is not how we usually go about reading two books, its just common sense. But how often do we attempt something similar with our day to day work tasks. We flip flop back and forth between different tasks, and then wonder why we’re not getting anything done.

So what should you do if you want to get more accomplished.

One is to limit your inputs. Does that ringing phone have to be answered? How many times do I have to check my email per day, or per hour? Does that TV have to be on?

Two is to limit what you spend your concentration on.

Let’s say you only have a dollars worth of concentration available at any time. Now if I start to try and work on multiple tasks at the same time, and spread that dollars worth of concentration all around, then each task will only get so many cents worth of concentration. Lets say each of four tasks get 25 cents of concentration.

But what if I need to write a 75 cent email. There are two options. One is to write a 25 cent email, that’s basically worthless. Or stop some other tasks and give the email the full 75 cents worth of concentration that it deserves.

Spreading your dollars worth of concentration around to thinly creates shoddy work. It also short changes those you deal with, and the tasks that you are working on. If you want more valuable accomplishments, then spend more of that dollars worth of concentration on just that task. And in the long run you will get more tasks done, and they will have a higher level of quality.

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The dual Nature of PageRank

A correct understanding of what is PageRank and how it works will absolve you from ineffective time and money investments especially in today’s SEO environment where PageRank seems that it gained an overpriced importance.

So here’s the big philosophy behind PageRank: It is developed and used by Google to evaluate the relative importance of a webpage as compared to the other market/topic related web pages; and this “importance” is measured by the number and quality of back links that webpage has. A more technical approach defines PageRank as being a link analysis algorithm.

But PageRank is more complex than meats the eye… For starters there are two types of PageRank:
> First, there is the Real PageRank destined for Google use exclusively and…
> Secondly, there is the visible PageRank showing up with the PR Toolbar; this is used by webmasters and SEO developers to estimate Google’s trust towards a given domain or webpage.

Both variations work on a similar basis, which is to assess quality back links, but the real PageRank’s system values reach much higher, and often stretch into the millions.

According to the popular toolbar PR mechanism, all the indexed pages are separated into 11 different ranges, based on their appointed value.

Using, as an example, two web pages, one with a PageRank score of 2, and other with 4, the difference between them is not simply 2 in PageRank parlance, but is much, much higher.

Nobody truly knows just how it is that Google arrives at its PageRank rating of a web page, or what the exact values are from one level to the next.

However, we have one clue as to how Google works out a web page’s true PR and this is an important step in understanding the dual nature of PageRank. What is known is that the level of transition from one category level to next is exponential. We also know that the higher the transition, the more points are needed to achieve the transit changeover.

Here are some pointers to better perceive the PageRank mechanism:

1. Google ranks webpages and not websites.

2. The grades shown on the toolbar marry up to a wider range on real PageRank, meaning that the real PageRank values may vary little, or may vary widely.

3. Several different links that come from the same domain only count as 1 vote in the PR equation.

4. Each Webpage is borne with an initial PageRank valued at 0.15. The figure is given the formula (1-d), where d is called the “damping factor”, with a value of 0.85.

5. In order for a web page to reach the top scoring end of the Toolbar, it must continue to amass an increasing quantity of inbound links.

6. Every quarter of the year PageRank Toolbar is updated. In between, Google updates the real PageRank on a continuous basis to provide up-to-date rankings. It’s one of the reasons why some web pages with poor toolbar PageRank have better SERPs positions then other with superior figures.

7. PageRank is designed to measure the link structure importance of a web page.

Once Google has accumulated a large number of web pages in its index, it will then scan them for quality and popularity, and it does this by analyzing the number of back links that feed back into those pages.

The Basics of PageRank Dynamics:

- A web page is assessed and awarded a PageRank sore from the inbound links coming from other web pages.

- Links that originate from pages within the same website, or that originate from completely different websites are awarded similar ratings just as long as the other web pages have the same PageRank scores.

- Google does not penalize web pages for linking with differing web pages. It encourages genuine efforts at external linking whilst attempting to discourage any PageRank counterfeiting.

- The amount of PageRank passed to other webpages is divided by the total number of outbound links leaving the page.

- Lastly, owing to the damping factor, an incoming link is only allotted 85% of its value.

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Over the years, I have always thought an office receptionist just had to be planted in the office right there visible to everyone. Not so anymore. More and more businesses are finding they do just fine with a “remotely located” receptionist—at less cost and the business doesn’t miss a beat, and often it is better than what was before.
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Is it time to take a hard look at how calls are handled, and at what cost, where your business is concerned?
Current economic conditions have certainly upset the apple cart and forced many business people to examine how they operate, especially where the operation is small and staffing minimal. One job that is easily outsourced is the job of telephone receptionist where an on-site person to take telephone calls is just not necessary anymore.
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In todays world I sometimes feel that it is speeding past with me trying to keep up with all of my responsibilities. I realized if I took my time and planned what I needed to accomplish my stress was greatly reduced In managing Life I have developed the habit of Sunday night planning. This is a tip recommended by many time management books.
I first list all of my roles: I am a wife, mother, daughter, taxi driver, teacher, short order cook, maid, financial planner, etc: I then brainstorm all the things I can think of that need to be done that week and start grouping things if they are constant & repetitive. Meaning that if they occur weekly I group them together, it helps later in the scheduling. As the list gets longer it helps if I associate why I am doing these tasks for example I love my boys so if I think of the joy they experience it helps in the planning of getting them to soccer practice. I then go through and review emails and add any other tasks that may have come up. I go down the list and estimate how much time each task will take. I take out a weekly planning sheet I found through a business I am pursuing and lay out the repetitive tasks first. Ie take to school, pick up from school, soccer practice I then lay out tasks that have a date & time associated with them. Ie:meeting with teacher, meeting with team parents & coach. I then see how much time is left over for the week. I always schedule some me time, for example I have a lifecycle exercise bike and everyday once the kids are at school I ride for 45 minutes. It helps maintain my sanity, plus it provides energy to help me accomplish other tasks in the day. Sometimes I listen to music or watch tv during this time, and sometimes I can multitask if needed by making phone calls, taking notes etc:
The next step is to start scheduling tasks that need to be done with no time associated to it, I look at my list and see if any task are related to a single result. If so I try to group them together in order to achieve the result and have found sometimes I don’t have to do all the tasks to reach my result. My husband says this is the 80/20 rule, I say it is time to do the happy dance since I get to schedule this free time for me, something as simple as a relaxing cup of coffee or time just to go and smell a rose. I schedule these tasks during the day when I can fit them in since they are flexible. Once I get these task scheduled I then make sure everyone is on the same page such as communicating with other soccer moms about carpools etc:
Once I get everything scheduled I review once more and go to sleep. The next morning I start working on the tasks as scheduled. By 11:00 am most people have responded back to my emails so I am able to verify that there should be no unexpected schedule changes with carpools etc: I work on my tasks at the appropriate time I have scheduled it. As I go through the day I find as other tasks come up it is easier for me to see where I can fit them in since I have my tasks scheduled to actual time slots vs just making a list and trying to check off.

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Google Adsense is quite different. There are lot of visitors that actually click on the advertising that determine how much you earn. There is also a great disparity between payouts, because advertisers bid up the price for certain keywords, some ads pay more than others.

Google really has taken the web by storm; attracted to passive income, too many people are seriously capitalizing on their Google Adsense advertising. Few of the highest earners manage to attract enough visitors to make a four figure monthly income, just from using Adsense alone! This is not one of those get-rich-quick schemes and Google’s Adsense success is largely thanks to the fact that Google already enjoyed a fantastic reputation before introducing the program can visit They are a publicly traded company with physical headquarters. For more details, visit www.google-traffic-generator.com.This, and the fact that anyone can apply to use Adsense for free, has caused millions of people to sign up. People were never reluctant to sign up, because the program is free. Google benefits by more people using Adsense, so offering it for free was the best thing they could do.

One of the driving forces behind the program is its relevance to each and every page on a website; the program picks up keywords appearing in the website copy and automatically displays relevant ads. This increases the chances of people clicking through, and the webmaster collecting more revenue.

People are making their income by operating several websites and attempting to attract as many targeted visitors as possible, in many instances we can observe that people work hard at a site, then once it is established they can largely leave it alone.

A major concern for entrepreneurs was the danger of a competitors ads showing up on their site, thanks to the Adsense feature where it only displays relevant advertising. However this problem was solved by offering webmasters the option of filtering out unwanted ads. They can submit the URL of the competing site in their account, and any ads from the website will be blocked.

Google recently came out with a new feature: small targeted keywords based on the site’s content are displayed; then as people click on those, a page opens showing a variety of pay-per-click ads based on that keyword .This gives webmasters the chance of displaying more advertising in less space.

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Starting a home business is easy the difficult part is staying with your business until it becomes profitable. Perhaps you have no ideas what is involved and just want to get out of the rat race and make money online at home. Whatever your reason is, he will show you how to succeed through my articles even if you are completely new to internet marketing. For more detail go to: www.website-conversion-mastery.com.Starting with the first lesson, learn to be more focused with your online efforts, and work on your time management. As both issues are key to your success with your affiliate business and internet marketing online.

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Outsourcing: Getting More Done With Your Time

Time really does equal money, and being a work at home entrepreneur you really do need to ask yourself what the best use of your time is. Your main focus should be your bottom line, and that’s directly affected by the way you choose your working hours.

But before you start to read the outsourcing advice below, let’s first go over the key points of what you’re roll as an online website business entrepreneur should be.

Growing your business.
Making the contacts that will make you money.
Create ideas and bringing them to light.
Closing that deal.
Being your business Manager

That’s to name a few, but you get the idea. On the flip side, being an online website business entrepreneur doesn’t automatically make you a writer, advertiser, or an accountant. Those starting out in the internet world of business do need however to be one and all of the above, that’s unless you have the money in which to spend on outsourcing. In short, if your not outsourcing you need to be the jack-of-all-trades.

Of course, this waste a lot of your valuable time on tasks that others can do better than you. Your focus should be making your business grow, and like anything, provided you have time to learn, practice and do, you can only give what you can. If you insist upon doing everything yourself, whether you are good at it or not, you’ll use up all of your thought and energy, leaving you with nothing left to do the things that only YOU CAN do to Make Your Business Grow.

So, here’s some time management and outsourcing tips…

Accountant or a bookkeeping service: Every business must keep a record of its day to day financial transactions and even the smallest of transactions can add up to big tax deductions over the period of a year.

You’ll be charge per hour to hire an accountant or bookkeeping service, around $30 – $40, or if you are in the UK £20 – £25. Now that can add up over time, but if you keep up-to-date by outsourcing your accounts every month, it should only take them an hour each time. Meaning around $480 or £300 per year. To find an accountant you can search online, or the local yellow pages.

So, where it could take you a day to do your accounts per month, they do it in an hour, and they will do it better, after all, that’s what they do day in and day out. All you need to do is keep a record of ALL your financial transactions and then send them to your outsource accountant per month..

VA (Virtual Assistant): More and more online website business entrepreneurs are using virtual assistants these days. The reason is simple, they take all the mundane tasks that are required to be accomplished in order to run a successful internet business, saving you hours upon hours time.

A VA can check your email and send only the emails that you need to personally deal with to you, and let’s face it, as online entrepreneurs we get more junk mail than anybody else! A good VA can also act as a travel agent and make airline and hotel reservations for you, but most just handle your email accounts.

Using ghost writers: Every successful online business man and woman knows the power of what a good ghost writer can do for their business. They will not only save you hours of writing, but they can also increase you sales. Writing articles and E-books as you know will always be an essential element of all internet marketing and online website business, no matter what the niche might be, because of the need to have website content and the need to submit articles will always be a big part of web traffic and online credibility.

The amount of time you save and money you make from a ghost writer is out of this world. If you only take one thing away from this article it’s that a ghost will change your business life.

Use an advertising agency: Now advertising agencies don’t come cheap so you’ll need to be very, very specific about what you want them to do for your business. You can likely get PPC advertisements written rather reasonably and even that will be a huge help to you time.

NOTE: Although the above will save you time they also will cost you money. When starting out with a new online website business you can do the above yourself. When you start to make money you can start thinking about putting the above time management and outsourcing tips into action.

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For some very small business people, the best way to get a project done is to dive in and just start. Sometimes that may be the best policy.

But typically, before one charges into any major project, the best time management strategy it is to step back and to review the situation. Only after review, can a series of deliberate steps be taken.

If you are a self employed micro business owner, you have a wide range of responsibilities. These are far more varied that that of most business people. Most of them enjoy the luxury of having a relatively narrowly defined set of responsibilities. In contrast, if you are self employed, you have primary responsibility for all aspects of your business as well as your responsibilities to your family and society as a whole. Not only that, you have a personal responsibility to yourself, your body, mind and spirit.

You already know that these multiple roles are placing significant stress on your life. Unless you are very unusual, you are probably dropping a few balls here and there. After all no one can be an expert on everything.

When some people talk about multi-tasking they may have two or three projects going for a period of time. When you talk about multi-tasking, you mean managing a myriad of projects on an ongoing basis. You are simultaneously management and labor, research, production, procurement, marketing and janitor to mention a few.

The odds are you have tried a variety of time management programs in the past. Perhaps you still do. Perhaps you practiced one for a while and then fell off the wagon. I know that I have, and still do. I am a sinner in that regard, and while such mishaps have hurt my progress, I cannot beat myself up about them. You shouldn’t either.

For some people a strict and orderly process and approach to life comes natural. They can readily fall into a routine and maintain that routine for decades on end. Some such people seek out situations that permit them to maintain a routine order to their lives. By and large they are not entrepreneurs. Anyone who is in a business serving customers knows that customers, opportunities, and disasters occur when they choose and not according to a routine schedule.

Those of us in contact with the world need to devise systems that are flexible. A day planner with hours marked from 8 AM to 5 PM isn’t going to suffice for most of us. So when we devise our own best fit time management system, we need to insure it has flexibility built into it. Or it will quickly fail.

And the one item we need to be most flexible with is ourselves. Before you start a new time management routine, recognize that you will fail. Accept that. Plan for it. You will fail because of external situations. You will fail because of your own personal weaknesses. You will fail because you picked a rigid planner or system and it didn’t fully account for your peculiar circumstances.

It took me over 100 attempts before I finally was able to quit cigarettes. But through persistence I was ultimately able to succeed. Hopefully you won’t require a 100 attempts to make progress on your time management skills. But even if it takes multiple efforts, and repeated failings, just keep on keeping on. Time management skills are learned incrementally. By doing. Your sole responsibility is to keep trying.

The purpose of this article is the let you know that you have two time management responsibilities. They are to try and to persist. You need not adapt in an instance a whole new way of doing things from some guru’s book of how to’s. You need to understand that time management books and programs that may be excellent for others may not apply in your situation.

For example, if you are a lone eagle, you just don’t need the chapters on delegation unless “I” wants to delegate “me” to help “my” get their work done. It may be immensely for a division manager but irrelevant for you.

Unfortunately, just like everything else in your life as a sole proprietor, it’s going to be up to you to design your own system to meet your own needs. Take some time to get ready. Focus on the important and blow off the trivial.

Time managment is a vast topic with many ramifications. These are topics Earl Netwal discusses on his Blog Http://www.MicroBusinessSpecialist.com/blog. A Micro business is any business where I, Me and My are primarily reponsible for almost everything. No one person can be an expert in everything. Earl seeks to identify resources, skills and tactics micro business owners can take to meet their myriad of responsibilities.